Martinelli Unemployment Compensation Case
Martinelli Unemployment Compensation Case
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rose K. Martinelli was last employed by the Nor-Lee Company, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, as a sewing machine operator. Her final day of work was April 27, 1960, on which date she had a valid separation. On November 29, 1960, Mrs. Martinelli refused a referral to similar employment with the Gateway Manufacturing Company, Masontown, Pennsylvania. Her application for benefits was. disallowed by the Bureau of Employment Security, the Referee, and the Board of Review on the ground that she had failed without good cause to accept suitable work, and was therefore disqualified under the provisions of Section 402(a) of the Unemployment Compensation Law. Act of December 5,1936, P. L. [1937] 2897, 43 P.S. 751 et seq. This appeal followed.
This appeal may be briefly disposed of by quoting the following statement from our opinion in 8parano Unemployment Compensation Case, 193 Pa. Superior Ct. 349, 165 A. 2d 131 (citations omitted) : “Although the principal objective of unemployment legislation is to alleviate economic distress in individual cases, sound policy requires that a claimant who refuses employment may remain eligible for benefits only where there is some necessitous and compelling reasons for the refusal of work ... A claimant who seeks benefits must at all times be ready and willing to accept suitable employment, and must have substantial and reasonable grounds for refusing offered work . . . Under the circumstances in the instant case, we are clearly of the opinion that the Board properly ruled that appellant was disqualified under Section 402(a) of the statute”.
Decision affirmed.
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